It is a truism in investing that if you want to generate higher returns, you need to take more risk. But that truism is a myth, according to Ed Easterling, a contributor to the book, “Just One Thing: Twelve of the World’s Best Investors Reveal the One Strategy You Can’t Overlook.” Easterling is one of...Read More

MADRID (Reuters) – A surprise drop in coal use in the United States and Europe has helped to slow the growth of global carbon dioxide emissions this year, with softening demand in China and India also contributing, according to a study published on Wednesday. The report, launched at a U.N. climate summit in Madrid, showed...Read More

A less error-prone DNA editing method could correct many more harmful mutations than was previously possible. A new method, called “prime editing,” could, in principle, correct around 89 percent of the mutations that cause inherited human disease. ILLUSTRATION: CASEY CHIN Andrew Anzalone was restless. It was late fall of 2017. The year was winding down,...Read More

A technology developed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and scaled up by Vertimass LLC to convert ethanol into fuels suitable for aviation, shipping and other heavy-duty applications can be price-competitive with conventional fuels while retaining the sustainability benefits of bio-based ethanol, according to a new analysis. ORNL worked with technology...Read More

OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s $1.1 trillion wealth fund, the world’s largest, said climate change dominated discussions about whether it should sell stakes in companies because they are considered too risky. FILE PHOTO: Emissions from a power plant chimney rise over Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia January 13, 2017. REUTERS/B. Rentsendorj/File Photo The fund, which invests revenues from Norway’s oil...Read More

The number of financial advisors investing a portion of assets according to environmental, social and governance criteria has increased substantially. Two years ago, 41% of top advisors polled by Ignites Research used ESG products or ESG ratings (or both). This year, that figure soared to 69% of advisors. There are two ways FAs can approach...Read More

The millennial appetite for social entrepreneurship isn’t simply youthful idealism, writes Russell Prior Young people today are growing up in an increasingly interconnected and borderless world. This lets them explore the world outside their own and connect to the problems that surround them. In recent months, we’ve seen the proliferation of networking groups, societies and advisory...Read More

That’s the general consensus among some of Europe’s leading plastic industry commentators — the very people working to reshape the industry. While plastic in its myriad forms is ingrained in every aspect of our life, ‘plastiphobia’ has entered the vernacular as a condition, and regulators are cracking down hard on an industry that already faces...Read More

For a long time, I was generous to a fault with my time and attention: A student entrepreneur wants input on her business idea? Happy to help. An employee requests a meeting? I’m available. The nonprofit dearest to me needs an event chairperson? Of course. But I’ve reconsidered my reflexive “yes.” Earlier this year, I...Read More

Hong Kong’s rich millennials are making inroads as they push for their family fortunes to be invested in ways that generate not only returns, but also a positive social and environmental impact. A difference in opinion, however, with the previous generation about wealth preservation and an inadequate local supply of investment products as well as...Read More